Proverbs 24:13

Saying 26

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.

Proverbs 24:13 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
English Standard Version (ESV)
13 My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
New Living Translation (NLT)
13 My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to the taste.
The Message Bible (MSG)
13 Eat honey, dear child - it's good for you - and delicacies that melt in your mouth.
American Standard Version (ASV)
13 My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
13 Eat honey, my son, because it is good. Honey that flows from the honeycomb tastes sweet.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
13 Eat honey, my child. It is good. Honey from a honeycomb has a sweet taste.

Proverbs 24:13 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 24:13

My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good
It is good for food; there was plenty of it in Palestine, and it was eaten for food, not only by children, but grown persons; and was very nourishing, strengthening, and refreshing to them, as Samson, Jonathan, John the Baptist, and others; and is good for medicine, is healthful and salutary, and useful in many diseases: it is said F13 to conduce much to prolong life and preserve from diseases; it has been observed that those who have much used it have lived to a great age; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste;
because it is so, as all honey is, and especially that which is immediately squeezed or drops from the honeycomb; this is said not so much on account of honey, and the eating of that, as for what follows concerning the knowledge of wisdom, which is comparable to it for pleasure and profit; see ( Proverbs 16:24 ) ( Psalms 19:11 ) ( 119:103 ) F14.


FOOTNOTES:

F13 Athenaei Deipnosophist. l. 2. c. 7. p. 46, 47. so Pierius Valerian. apud Steeb. Coelum Sephirot Heb. c. 7. s. 5. p. 132.
F14 Vid. Maimon. Moreh Nevochim, par. 1. c. 30. p. 37.

Proverbs 24:13 In-Context

11 Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
12 If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?
13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
15 Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling place;
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